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Guides, news and analysis about Litecoin and the crypto market.

Dusting and address-poisoning attacks on Litecoin: how they work and what to do
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Dusting and address-poisoning attacks on Litecoin: how they work and what to do

Tiny unsolicited deposits in your Litecoin wallet are usually dusting or address poisoning. Neither can steal funds by itself. How both attacks work, and the simple habits that make them useless.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
Litecoin vs CBDCs: the digital euro, programmable money, and the case for neutral rails
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Litecoin vs CBDCs: the digital euro, programmable money, and the case for neutral rails

CBDCs promise stability and control; Litecoin promises neither party can change the rules. An honest 2026 comparison of the digital euro, e-CNY, and neutral money.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
Can AI agents pay with Litecoin? Machine-to-machine payments, honestly
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Can AI agents pay with Litecoin? Machine-to-machine payments, honestly

AI agents now pay for APIs over x402 and AP2, almost always in stablecoins. Litecoin isn't in the stack. An honest look at whether a neutral, issuer-free rail earns a niche in machine payments.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
Litecoin price history: every cycle from 2011 to 2026, explained
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Litecoin price history: every cycle from 2011 to 2026, explained

Four boom-bust cycles, two sold-the-news halvings, one founder who cashed out at the top. Every major Litecoin cycle from 2011 to 2026, with the causes behind the numbers.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
What is a litoshi? Litecoin units and denominations explained
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What is a litoshi? Litecoin units and denominations explained

A litoshi is the smallest unit of Litecoin: one hundred-millionth of an LTC. Here's how Litecoin's denominations work, why divisibility matters, and where the litoshi actually shows up in practice.

Aug 3, 2026 6 min read
Litecoin's first week: on-chain archaeology of blocks 0 to 1,000
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Litecoin's first week: on-chain archaeology of blocks 0 to 1,000

What the first thousand Litecoin blocks from October 2011 actually show: a Steve Jobs headline, a 150 LTC head start, CPU miners, and rewards that never moved.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
Where the whales actually trade: LTC liquidity, order-book depth, and slippage
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Where the whales actually trade: LTC liquidity, order-book depth, and slippage

Reported LTC volume is a vanity metric. We map where real Litecoin liquidity sits, what a $1M market order actually costs, and how whales move size without leaving a footprint.

Aug 3, 2026 9 min read
Litecoin mining pools compared: fees, payouts, and who controls the hashrate
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Litecoin mining pools compared: fees, payouts, and who controls the hashrate

Every major Scrypt pool compared: fees, payout schemes, merged Dogecoin handling, and the uncomfortable math of five pools coordinating most of Litecoin's hashrate.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
How decentralized is Litecoin, really? Nodes, pools, and the Nakamoto coefficient
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How decentralized is Litecoin, really? Nodes, pools, and the Nakamoto coefficient

We scored Litecoin's decentralization with actual numbers: pool hashrate shares, node counts, rich-list data, and a Nakamoto coefficient that should make you slightly uncomfortable.

Aug 3, 2026 8 min read
Litecoin in 2035: three honest scenarios
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Litecoin in 2035: three honest scenarios

Three internally consistent futures for LTC: quiet utility, slow fade, or second wind. Explicit conditions, watchable early signals, and the fee-market problem nobody has solved. No price targets.

Jul 20, 2026 8 min read
The 2.5-minute question: Litecoin's most underrated design choice
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The 2.5-minute question: Litecoin's most underrated design choice

Charlie Lee changed one number in Bitcoin's code and got a different coin. A deep dive into Litecoin's 2.5-minute block time: orphan physics, honest security math, and why nobody argues about it.

Jul 20, 2026 8 min read
Every way to earn Litecoin in 2026, ranked by realism
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Every way to earn Litecoin in 2026, ranked by realism

Mining, getting paid, cashback, lending, faucets, and the scam tier: every way people try to earn LTC in 2026, ranked with real numbers and zero sales pitch.

Jul 20, 2026 8 min read
How exchanges actually handle your Litecoin
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How exchanges actually handle your Litecoin

You deposited LTC to an exchange. What you got back was a database entry. A look inside sweeps, omnibus wallets, batched withdrawals, and why proof-of-reserves proves less than you think.

Jul 20, 2026 9 min read
A day in the life of a Litecoin transaction
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A day in the life of a Litecoin transaction

Follow 100 LTC from the moment someone hits Send to permanent settlement: UTXO selection, gossip, an empty mempool, a Scrypt farm, and six confirmations in about 15 minutes.

Jul 20, 2026 8 min read
What happens to Litecoin if Bitcoin fails?
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What happens to Litecoin if Bitcoin fails?

Litecoin shares Bitcoin's code, curve, and correlation. We model four Bitcoin failure scenarios honestly: which ones LTC dodges, which it inherits, and why it's not the hedge you think it is.

Jul 20, 2026 9 min read
Can a government actually ban Litecoin?
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Can a government actually ban Litecoin?

China banned crypto three times. Nigeria cut the banking rails. Korea delisted LTC by name. What states can actually do to Litecoin, what they can't, and why both truths matter.

Jul 20, 2026 7 min read
Why Litecoin has no whitepaper — and why that's fine
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Why Litecoin has no whitepaper — and why that's fine

Litecoin launched in 2011 with a forum post and open-source code, not a whitepaper. Why that omission was honest, what documents actually define LTC, and why great whitepapers never saved a bad coin.

Jul 20, 2026 7 min read
Is it too late to buy Litecoin? A framework instead of a hot take
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Is it too late to buy Litecoin? A framework instead of a hot take

Litecoin trades around 90% below its 2021 high, which makes "is it too late" the wrong question. A framework for thinking about entry, cycles, the 2027 halving, and position sizing without pretending anyone knows the price.

Jul 16, 2026 6 min read
The best crypto cards for spending Litecoin in 2026
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The best crypto cards for spending Litecoin in 2026

You cannot hand a coffee shop a Litecoin, but a crypto card will convert your LTC to fiat at the till. How these cards really work, which ones support Litecoin in 2026, and the fees nobody advertises.

Jul 16, 2026 5 min read
Can Litecoin actually handle global payments? TPS, block size and the real limits
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Can Litecoin actually handle global payments? TPS, block size and the real limits

Litecoin settles a payment in 2.5 minutes for a fraction of a cent, but the base chain tops out around 50 transactions a second. Here is the honest math on whether it can reach Visa scale, and what "scale" even means for a payment coin.

Jul 16, 2026 6 min read
Is Litecoin legal? A country-by-country guide for 2026
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Is Litecoin legal? A country-by-country guide for 2026

Owning Litecoin is legal almost everywhere. The real differences are in whether you can pay with it, how it is taxed, and whether local exchanges can still serve you. A practical 2026 map.

Jul 16, 2026 6 min read
Can Litecoin reach $1,000? An honest look at the math
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Can Litecoin reach $1,000? An honest look at the math

What $1,000 LTC actually requires: a ~$77B market cap, a major BTC bull run, and a reversal of a decade-long LTC/BTC decline. The arithmetic, not the hopium.

Jun 28, 2026 7 min read
Litecoin Ordinals and LTC-20 tokens: how they actually work
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Litecoin Ordinals and LTC-20 tokens: how they actually work

A technical walkthrough of Litecoin inscriptions and LTC-20 tokens — what they really are, why SegWit made them possible, and why the hype faded.

Jun 28, 2026 9 min read
Litecoin cold storage: the complete air-gapped self-custody guide
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Litecoin cold storage: the complete air-gapped self-custody guide

How to store LTC offline the right way — hardware wallets, metal seed backups, air-gapped signing, and the irreversible mistakes that wipe people out.

Jun 28, 2026 10 min read